"different character. It was published on October 2, 2018. ""Publishers Weekly"" review of ""The Sword of Summer"" stated that, ""ten years after ""The Lightning Thief""...[""Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard""'s] sensibility is right in line with the Percy Jackson novels, and the audience will be just as large."" Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan and published by Disney-Hyperion. It is based on Norse mythology and is set in the same universe as the ""Camp Half-Blood Chronicles"" and ""The Kane"
"Þrúðvangr In Norse mythology, Þrúðvangr (Old Norse ""power-field"", sometimes anglicized as Thrudvang or Thruthvang) or Þrúðvangar (plural form) is/are a field/fields where the god Thor resides. The field is attested in the ""Prose Edda"" and in ""Heimskringla"", both written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century. In the ""Prose Edda"" book ""Gylfaginning"", the enthroned figure of High tells Gangleri (King Gylfi in disguise) about the god Thor. Among other details, High mentions that Thor's realm is Þrúðvangr and that Thor owns the hall Bilskírnir, the largest of all buildings ever erected. Further in ""Gylfaginning"", High mentions that Thor returned to"
"Vanaheimr In Norse mythology, Vanaheimr (Old Norse for ""home of the Vanir"") is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Vanir, a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. Vanaheimr is attested in the ""Poetic Edda""; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ""Prose Edda"" and (in euhemerized form) ""Heimskringla""; both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In the ""Poetic Edda"" and the ""Prose Edda"", Vanaheimr is described as the location where the Van god Njörðr was raised. In Norse cosmology, Vanaheimr is considered one"
"primordial Niflheimr and the punishing Niflhel are ""equally dreadful"" places; it is not clear whether they are identical or distinct. Norse cosmology The cosmology of Norse mythology has ""nine homeworlds"" or ""nine realms"", unified by the world tree Yggdrasil. Mapping the nine worlds escapes precision because the ""Poetic Edda"" often alludes vaguely. The Norse creation myth tells how everything came into existence in the gap between fire and ice, and how the gods shaped the homeworld of humans. A cosmic ash tree, Yggdrasil, lies at the center of the Norse cosmos. Three roots drink the waters of the homeworlds, one"
"Álfheimr Alfheim (, ""Land Of The Elves"" or ""Elfland""), also called Ljosalfheim (""Ljósálf[a]heimr"", ""home of the light-elves""), is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology. Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts. The eddic poem ""Grímnismál"" describes twelve divine dwellings beginning in stanza 5 with: Ýdalir call they the place where Ull A hall for himself hath set; And Álfheim the gods to Frey once gave As a tooth-gift in ancient times. A tooth-gift was a gift given to an infant on the cutting of"
"Himinbjörg In Norse mythology, Himinbjörg (Old Norse ""heaven's castle"" or ""heaven mountain"") is the home of the god Heimdallr. Himinbjörg is attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled from earlier traditional sources, and the ""Prose Edda"" and ""Heimskringla"", both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Himinbjörg is associated with Heimdallr in all sources. According to the ""Poetic Edda"", Heimdallr dwells there as watchman for the gods and there drinks fine mead, whereas in the ""Prose Edda"" Himinbjörg is detailed as located where the burning rainbow bridge Bifröst meets heaven. Scholars have commented on the differences between the two attestations"
"religion. Old Norse religion was polytheistic, entailing a belief in various gods and goddesses. Norse mythology divided these deities into two groups, the Æsir and the Vanir, who engaged in an ancient war until realising that they were equally powerful. Among the most widespread deities were the gods Odin and Thor. This world was inhabited also by various other mythological races, including giants, dwarfs, elves, and land-spirits. Norse cosmology revolved around a world tree known as Yggdrasil, with various realms existing alongside that of humans, named Midgard. These include multiple afterlife realms, several of which are controlled by a particular"
"Vingólf In Norse mythology, Vingólf is one of the buildings of the gods. It is described as the hall or ""hörgr"" of the goddesses and also as a place where righteous men and those slain in battle go after death. It is mentioned in the Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 3 and in the enigmatic poem ""Hrafnagaldur Óðins"". Vingólf is mentioned three times in the ""Gylfaginning"" section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. The three mentions of Vingólf seem somewhat contradictory. In the first instance it appears as an alternative name for Gimlé, a paradise where righteous people go after death. In the"
"in stanza 2 of the eddic poem ""Völuspá"". Álfheimr Alfheim (, ""Land Of The Elves"" or ""Elfland""), also called Ljosalfheim (""Ljósálf[a]heimr"", ""home of the light-elves""), is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology. Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts. The eddic poem ""Grímnismál"" describes twelve divine dwellings beginning in stanza 5 with: Ýdalir call they the place where Ull A hall for himself hath set; And Álfheim the gods to Frey once gave As a tooth-gift in ancient times. A tooth-gift was a gift"
"and possibly Niðavellir. Hilda Ellis Davidson comments that exactly where Vanaheim is among the Nine Worlds isn't clear, since ""the chief gods Freyr and Njord with a number of others, are represented along with the Æsir in Asgard, but it seems probable that it was in the underworld."" Davidson notes a connection between the Vanir and ""the land-spirits who dwelt in mounds and hills and in water [...]. Rudolf Simek claims that Snorri ""unquestionably"" invented the name ""Vanaheimr"" as a Vanir counterpart to Asgard, but does not mention the ""Vafþrúðnismál"" reference. Vanaheimr In Norse mythology, Vanaheimr (Old Norse for ""home"
"for bows in the North just as it was long afterwards for England."" Rudolf Simek says that ""this connexion of the god with the yew-tree, of whose wood bows were made (cf. ON ""ýbogi"" 'yew bow'), has led to Ullr being seen as a bow-god."" Andy Orchard comments that Ýdalir is an ""aptly named dwelling-place [for the] archer-god, Ull."" According to Hilda Ellis Davidson, while Valhalla ""is well known because it plays so large a part in images of warfare and death,"" the significance of other halls in Norse mythology such as Ýdalir, and the goddess Freyja's afterlife location Fólkvangr"
"Valhalla In Norse mythology, Valhalla (; from Old Norse Valhöll ""hall of the slain"") is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those who die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field Fólkvangr. In Valhalla, the dead join the masses of those who have died in combat known as Einherjar and various legendary Germanic heroes and kings, as they prepare to aid Odin during the events of Ragnarök. Before the hall stands the golden tree Glasir,"
"of the gods, by the Bifröst, the rainbow bridge, guarded by Heimdallr. In Norse mythology, ""Miðgarðr"" became applied to the wall around the world that the gods constructed from the eyebrows of the giant Ymir as a defense against the Jotuns who lived in Jotunheim, east of ""Manheimr"", the ""home of men"", a word used to refer to the entire world. The gods slew the giant Ymir, the first created being, and put his body into the central void of the universe, creating the world out of his body: his flesh constituting the land, his blood the oceans, his bones"
"the names ""Fensalir"" and ""Sökkvabekkr"" ""imply a goddes living in the water and recall the fertility goddess Nerthus."" Fensalir In Norse mythology, Fensalir (Old Norse ""Fen Halls"") is a location where the goddess Frigg dwells. Fensalir is attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the location, including that the location may have some connection to religious practices involving springs, bogs, or swamps in Norse paganism, and that it may be connected to the"
"realm of ""Winesong"", Frey's realm of ""Alfheim"", Selûne and Soma's shared realm of ""Gates of the Moon"", Surtr and Thrym's realm of ""Jotunheim"", Bast's realm of ""Merratet"", Anhur's realm of ""Netaph"", Branchala's realm of ""Soul of Music"", realm of the Vanir (Frey, Freya, Noatun, and Ullr) ""Vanaheim"", Hachiman and O-Kuni-Nushi's realm of ""Kenyama"", and Shou Hsing's realm ""the Orchard of Immortality"". The realm of ""Asgard"" on the first layer of Ysgard is the home of the Norse gods Odin, Frigga, Frey, Freya, Idun, and secondary realms of Loki and Tyr. Muspelheim, the second layer of Ysgard, is similar to the"
"also present in names like Viborg or the Swedish towns of Odensvi, Torsvi, Frösvi, Ullavi or Visby. ""Vi"" refers to ""an enclosed holy place"" and it is believed, that Viby was once a holy place where the Norse Gods were worshipped, with one or several cult houses. The shrines were probably located at what was formerly known as Tyrseng - the area around the large association football fields in the southwest of Viby. The name ""Tyrseng"" translates as ""Tyrs-meadow"", referring to the Norse God Tyr. These theories are backed up by other more or less sound evidence. In 1915 remains"
"and notes that the variant is also a fitting name for a jötunn. Þrymheimr In Norse mythology, Þrymheimr (Old Norse ""crash-home,"" ""Thunder Home,"" or ""noisy-home"") (anglicized as Thrymheim) was the abode of Þjazi, a jötunn, located in Jötunheimr. Þjazi once abducted the goddess Iðunn, and in Þrymheimr he held her, causing the gods to age until her rescue, in turn resulting in the death of Þjazi. After the death of Þjazi, his daughter—the goddess Skaði—inhabits the location. During Skaði's marriage to the god Njörðr, the two split over Skaði's preference for her home in Þrymheimr. Manuscripts of the ""Prose Edda"""
"Faulkes's translation of the ""Prose Edda"". Andlang In Norse mythology, Andlang (also Andlàngr or Öndlangr) is described as the second heavenly realm which stretches between the first, containing the halls of the gods, and the third, named Vídbláin. In all there are nine heavens according to Snorri. Andlang will serve as a shelter and dwelling place for the souls of the dead during and after the destruction of Ragnarök. Holtsmark (1964) noted that Snorri's Andlang derived from ""andlegr himinn"" (""spiritual heaven"") in the medieval Icelandic version of the ""Elucidarius"", crediting Hjalmar Falk for this inspiration, adding her own insight that"
"Þrymheimr In Norse mythology, Þrymheimr (Old Norse ""crash-home,"" ""Thunder Home,"" or ""noisy-home"") (anglicized as Thrymheim) was the abode of Þjazi, a jötunn, located in Jötunheimr. Þjazi once abducted the goddess Iðunn, and in Þrymheimr he held her, causing the gods to age until her rescue, in turn resulting in the death of Þjazi. After the death of Þjazi, his daughter—the goddess Skaði—inhabits the location. During Skaði's marriage to the god Njörðr, the two split over Skaði's preference for her home in Þrymheimr. Manuscripts of the ""Prose Edda"" contain the spellings Þrumheimr and Þruþheimr. Rudolf Simek translates ""Þruþheimr"" as ""power house"""
"Niðavellir In Norse mythology, Niðavellir (anglic. as Nidavellir; prob. compd. of O.N. ""Nið"" - ""new moon"", ""the wane of the moon"" (perhaps related to ""niðr"" - ""down"") + ""Vellir"" (pl. of ""völlr"") - ""fields"": ""Dark Fields"", ""Downward Fields""), also called Myrkheim (""Myrkheimr"", O.N. compd. of ""myrkr"" - ""darkness"" + ""heimr"" - ""home"": ""the world of darkness"", ""Dark Abode""), is the home of the Dwarves. Hreidmar is the king of Niðavellir. It is mentioned in the Völuspá: ""Stóð fyr norðan, / á Niðavöllom / salr úr gulli / Sindra ættar"" (Stood to the north, a dark field, Halls of gold, Sindri's"
"Andlang In Norse mythology, Andlang (also Andlàngr or Öndlangr) is described as the second heavenly realm which stretches between the first, containing the halls of the gods, and the third, named Vídbláin. In all there are nine heavens according to Snorri. Andlang will serve as a shelter and dwelling place for the souls of the dead during and after the destruction of Ragnarök. Holtsmark (1964) noted that Snorri's Andlang derived from ""andlegr himinn"" (""spiritual heaven"") in the medieval Icelandic version of the ""Elucidarius"", crediting Hjalmar Falk for this inspiration, adding her own insight that the ""and-"" heading made the term"
"a thrill ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in England. Valhalla In Norse mythology, Valhalla (; from Old Norse Valhöll ""hall of the slain"") is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those who die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field Fólkvangr. In Valhalla, the dead join the masses of those who have died in combat known as Einherjar and various legendary Germanic heroes and kings, as they prepare to aid Odin during the events of"
"and possesses a resounding horn; the jötunn Loki, who brings tragedy to the gods by engineering the death of the goddess Frigg's beautiful son Baldr; and numerous other deities. Most of the surviving mythology centres on the plights of the gods and their interaction with various other beings, such as humanity and the jötnar, beings who may be friends, lovers, foes or family members of the gods. The cosmos in Norse mythology consists of Nine Worlds that flank a central cosmological tree, Yggdrasil. Units of time and elements of the cosmology are personified as deities or beings. Various forms of"
"Valhalla and then adds: ""The Swedes now believed that he had gone to the old Asagarth and would live there forever"" (Section 9). Finally Snorri resorts to Heaven, even though nothing in Christianity advocates cremation and certainly the burning of possessions avails the Christian nothing. ""Asgard"" is derived from Old Norse ""āss"", god and ""garðr"", enclosure; from Indo-European roots ""ansu-"" spirit, demon (see cognate ahura; also asura) and ""gher-"" grasp, enclose (see cognates garden and yard), essentially meaning ""garden of gods"". Asgard In Norse religion, Asgard (; ; ""Enclosure of the Æsir"") is one of the Nine Worlds and home"
"Fensalir In Norse mythology, Fensalir (Old Norse ""Fen Halls"") is a location where the goddess Frigg dwells. Fensalir is attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the location, including that the location may have some connection to religious practices involving springs, bogs, or swamps in Norse paganism, and that it may be connected to the goddess Sága's watery location Sökkvabekkr. In the ""Poetic Edda"" poem ""Völuspá"", Frigg is described as weeping over her"
"of the Norse gods and rulers descending from them. In chapter 5, Snorri asserts that the æsir settled in what is now Sweden and built various temples. Snorri writes that Odin settled in Lake Logrin ""at a place which formerly was called Sigtúnir. There he erected a large temple and made sacrifices according to the custom of the Æsir. He took possession of the land as far as he had called it Sigtúnir. He gave dwelling places to the temple priests."" Snorri adds that, after this, Njörðr dwelt in Nóatún, Freyr dwelt in Uppsala, Heimdallr at Himinbjörg, Thor at Þrúðvangr,"
"Asgard In Norse religion, Asgard (; ; ""Enclosure of the Æsir"") is one of the Nine Worlds and home to the Æsir tribe of gods. It is surrounded by an incomplete wall attributed to a Hrimthurs riding the stallion Svaðilfari, according to ""Gylfaginning"". Odin and his wife, Frigg, are the rulers of Asgard. Asgard is home to many named locations; the most well known include Valhalla, where half of all those who die in battle are sent, and Fólkvangr, where the other half go. The primary sources regarding Asgard come from the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by"
"Vanir In Norse mythology, the Vanir (; singular Vanr) are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. The Vanir are one of two groups of gods (the other being the Æsir) and are the namesake of the location Vanaheimr (Old Norse ""Home of the Vanir""). After the Æsir–Vanir War, the Vanir became a subgroup of the Æsir. Subsequently, members of the Vanir are sometimes also referred to as members of the Æsir. The Vanir are attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the ""Prose Edda"""
"which was common during early Norse culture. If the dead were taken care of, they would in return protect the homestead and its people, and provide for its fertility. The ancestor worship of ancient Scandinavians appears to contradict another idea, specifically that the deceased departed on a voyage to the realm of the dead, a realm which could be situated inside the mountain, on the other side of the sea, in the heavens, or in the underworld. No logical connection has been identified between these two complexes of ideas, and scholars do not have any answers to the question whether"
"found are located within what archaeologists call ""central places"": settlements with various religious, political, judicial, and mercantile functions. A number of these central places have place-names with cultic associations, such as Gudme (home of gods), Vä (""vé""), and Helgö (holy island). Some archaeologists have argued that they were designed to mirror Old Norse cosmology, thus connecting ritual practices with wider world-views. There is no evidence of a professional priesthood among the Norse, and rather cultic activities were carried out by members of the community who also had other social functions and positions. In Old Norse society, religious authority was harnessed"
"peace, exchanged ambassadors (hostages), and intermarried. The Norse mythology describes the cooperation after the war, as well as differences between the ""Æsir"" and the ""Vanir"" which were considered scandalous by the other side. The goddess Freyja of the ""Vanir"" taught magic to the ""Æsir"", while the two sides discover that while ""Æsir"" forbid mating between siblings, ""Vanir"" accepted such mating. Temples hosting images of Nordic deities (such as Thor, Odin and Freyr), as well as pagan worship rituals, continued in Nordic countries through the 12th century, according to historical records. This shocked Christian missionaries, and over time Christian equivalents were"
"world is mentioned in the ""Prose Edda"" by Snorri Sturluson as ""Svartálfaheimr"". Niðavellir In Norse mythology, Niðavellir (anglic. as Nidavellir; prob. compd. of O.N. ""Nið"" - ""new moon"", ""the wane of the moon"" (perhaps related to ""niðr"" - ""down"") + ""Vellir"" (pl. of ""völlr"") - ""fields"": ""Dark Fields"", ""Downward Fields""), also called Myrkheim (""Myrkheimr"", O.N. compd. of ""myrkr"" - ""darkness"" + ""heimr"" - ""home"": ""the world of darkness"", ""Dark Abode""), is the home of the Dwarves. Hreidmar is the king of Niðavellir. It is mentioned in the Völuspá: ""Stóð fyr norðan, / á Niðavöllom / salr úr gulli / Sindra"
"created two great wolves. These wolves were called Hati and Sköll, and they were placed in the sky to pursue the chariots and devour them if they caught them. The realm of the Norse gods, the Æsir, is called Asgard or the ""Court of the Ás"". The Æsir built it after the homeworld of humans, and it contains many halls. Odin's hall, Válaskjálf, is roofed in silver. He can sit within it and view all the worlds at once. Gimli, a hall roofed in gold, to which righteous men are said to go after death, also lies somewhere in Asgard."